Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Meadows, John W., 1957 
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JOHN W. MEADOWS

   John W. Meadows, 69, a resident of Ivor for the past five years, died in a 
Suffolk hospital at 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning, May 16, after a brief 
illness.

   A native of Braxton County, W.Va., he was the proprietor of a service 
station in Ivor.

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.J. Dennie of South Charleston, W. Va. 
and Mrs. W.F. Ranson and Mrs. R.K. Langhrey, both of Dunbar, W.Va.; one son, 
Virgil Meadows of Miami, Fla; one brother, W.T. Meadows of Gree, Ky.; and three 
sisters, Mrs. Sarah Startcher of Albuquerque, N. Mex., Mrs. Lula Nettles of 
Gipp, W.Va. and Mrs. Nolie Hess of Camden-on-Gauley, W. Va.; and several nieces 
and nephews.

   Rites for Mr. Meadows were conducted at the Purviance Funeral Home in 
Wakefield on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Jeff Monroe, pastor of the 
Zuni Presbyterian Church.

   Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery, pallbearers being L.R. Bracey, Warren Cobb, 
Wayland Councill, John O'Berry, and Bennie Worrell.

[John W. MEADOWS, d. 16 May 1957, Suffolk, age 69, obituary, 
 interred in Ivor Cemetery, 18 May 1957, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 23 May 1957] 

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